Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16th to 22nd March 2021

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16th to 22nd March 2021

Dear Aspirants,

As we all know that General Awareness/ Current Affairs Part is playing a major role in any exam weather it will be SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government examinations. So here we are providing the weekly one liner current affairs for every upcoming exam which has GA section. Weekly one liner current affairs consist top news in one line which is important for every exams. Check Weekly current affairs below and update yourself with weekly one liner current affairs here.

National News

• MoU between India and Maldives on Cooperation in Sports and Youth Affairs
• Poshan Pakhwada Being Celebrated from 16th to 31st March
• ‘Mobile Seva Appstore’– India’s first indigenously developed App Store
• J&K’s Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Launches “Awaam Ki Baat” Website
• UNESCO joins USO India for Water Conservation Programme
• India-US launches Artificial Intelligence Initiative
• Gram Ujala Scheme Launched in Bihar for Rural Areas; poor households to get LED for Rs. 10
• Jharkhand government launched the “SAAMAR Campaign”
• Labour Ministry & BECIL sign agreement to conduct Survey

International News

• World Air Quality Report, 2020: 22 of world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India; Delhi ranked as the most polluted capital city globally
• World’s Largest Floating Solar Farms being built in Singapore
• Italy joins International Solar Alliance
• Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan Sworn in as First Female President
• UN’s World Happiness Report: India ranks 139 out of 149, Finland tops
• Dutch (Netherlands) Prime Minister Mark Rutte powers to fourth straight election Won

Banking and Financial

• FM introduces Bill to raise FDI limit in insurance from 49% to 74%
• RBI imposes Rs 2 cr penalty on SBI for paying commission to employees
• SBI and IOCL to ink India’s First Libor Alternative Rate Deal
• Indian firms to collaborate with Finland to develop 5G and 6G Technologies
• Moody’s upgrades India’s GDP growth to 12% in 2021
• UNCTAD expects India growth at 5% in 2021

Appointment and Resignation

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Advisor P K Sinha resigns
• A. Ganapathy appointed Director General of National Security Guard
• Kuldiep Singh appointed new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force
• Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appointed Chairman of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’
• NeoGrowth appoints Ajinkya Rahane as brand ambassador

Awards

• Gowsalya Shankar honoured with International Woman of Courage 2021
• 67th National Awards 2021; Best Hindi Film- ‘Chhichhore’, Best Actress- Kangana Ranaut, Best Actor – Manoj Bajpayee.

Defence

• Indian Army decommissions Self Propelled Catapult Guns, Tampella Mortars
• KRAS releases First batch of MRSAM Missiles
• INS Jalashwa Arrives at Port Anjouan, Comoros as part of Mission Sagar-IV
• India’s arms import down by 33%, says Sipri report
• Operation Sankalp: Indian Navy undertakes Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Royal Bahrain Naval Force
• Defence Ministry seals deal with BDL to acquire 4,690 anti-tank guided missiles
• India has world’s fourth strongest armed forces: Military Direct’s study

Science

• Nokia to Develop New 5G Radio Solutions

Sports

• India to host Asian Boxing Championships 2021 from May 21 to 31: AIBA
• S Dhanalakshmi won women’s 100m sprint final in the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships
• Sharath Kamal becomes first Indian paddler to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
• ISSF WC: Yashaswini wins first gold for India, Manu Bhaker clinches silver
• Athlete Avinash Sable Sets New National Record in Men’s 3000m Steeplechase

Book and Author

• Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has memoir Book My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future out in September
• A Book ‘Battle Ready for 21st Century’ released, edited by Lt Gen AK Singh and Brig Narender Kumar

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 8th to 15th March 2021

Important day

• 16 March – National Vaccination Day
• 18 March – Ordnance Factories Day (India)
• 18 March: Global Recycling Day 2021 (Theme 2021: “Recycling Heroes”)
• March 19: World Sleep Day
• 20 March – International Day of Happiness (Theme 2021: “Happiness for All, Forever)
• 20 March – World Sparrow Day (Theme 2021: “I Love Sparrows.”)
• 20 March: World Oral Health Day (theme 2021: “Be Proud of Your Mouth”)
• 20th March: UN French Language Day
• 21 March – World Forestry Day or International Day of Forests (Theme 2021:” Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being.”)
• 21 March – World Down Syndrome Day (Theme 2021: “We Decide.”)
• 21 March – World Poetry Day
• 22 March – World Water Day (Theme 2021: “Valuing Water”)
• March 22: Bihar Diwas

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1st to 7th March 2021

Obituary

• Noted Kathakali Dancer Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair passes away
• Renowned painter Laxman Pai dies in Goa
• Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens passes away

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